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1978 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

440 U.S. 301 · 99 S. Ct. 1123 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 66

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
77-968
U.S. Reports
440 U.S. 301
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 1123
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 66

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
John Paul StevensDissent